Jan. 6 rioter who crushed officer with shield gets prison
A Connecticut man who crushed an officer with a riot shield during the Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
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A Connecticut man who crushed an officer with a riot shield during the Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
Patrick McCaughey III, of Ridgefield, was convicted last year of seven felony counts, including assaulting police with a dangerous weapon, in his Capitol riot case.
The Capitol rioter who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for...
A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack
The judge described Patrick McCaughey, 25, as a “poster child of all that was dangerous and appalling about” the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.